Strait of Hormuz: Why Geography Favors Iran
The Strait of Hormuz’s geography favors Iran by offering a narrow (approx. 21-mile wide), shallow, and easily monitored chokepoint that forces global oil traffic close to its shores, providing immense asymmetrical advantages. Iran utilizes this terrain to deploy coastal missiles, mines, and small, fast-attack boats, effectively turning a vital global energy route into a defensible bottleneck that it can disrupt, according to Moneycontrol.com.
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